Devil's Bathtub B&W - Hocking Hills

[Dave Pluimer]

Devil's Bathtub near the upper falls in the Old Man's Gorge at Hocking Hills State Park.

Canon 6D, Canon 17-40 f/4 L - f/13, ISO 100, 0.6s - contrast and color work in CS6; B&W conversion in Perfect Effects 8 (Illford Pan F 50); additional contrast, dodge/burn in LR 4.

Critiques welcome.

[David Anderson]

Beautiful spot and a nice B&W.
The texture is excellent.

The composition is a little odd though IMHO and I feel like I'm missing something where the water exits the pool.

Hard to say having never been there..

[Eric Myrvaagnes]

Lovely tonalities. I'll bet it looks good in a print.

[francois]

I'm also a bit uneasy with the bottom of the frame but it's a minor issue, the rest of this photo is a winner.

[Isaac]

Chopping-off the top 1/5th moves the brightest area away from the centre

[thierrylegros396]

Beautiful spot and a nice B&W.
The texture is excellent.

The composition is a little odd though IMHO and I feel like I'm missing something where the water exits the pool.

Hard to say having never been there..

Bottom left for sure.

[Iluvmycam]

Nice!

[Dave Pluimer]

Beautiful spot and a nice B&W.
The texture is excellent.

The composition is a little odd though IMHO and I feel like I'm missing something where the water exits the pool.

Hard to say having never been there..

The shot is from a small stone bridge looking almost straight down. I'll post a pic.

I agree with you - it's the part I struggled with that the bottom of the frame. But, that's how it is. I'm looking forward to making the image again and seeing what I can tweak.

Thanks for the feedback, all.

DP

[Paulo Bizarro]

Lovely and rich B&W conversion. IMO, cropping the top part towards a square frame, compensates for the "exit" water point in the bottom, makes everything a bit more balanced.

[sdwilsonsct]

I like the treatment. But something about it brings to mind one of those optical illusions where the elements could either be receding or advancing. Perhaps this lends intrigue.

[Dave Pluimer]

Here's a view from upstream. Not much in the way of water flow on this day. The tub's outlet (drain?) is just out of my frame, under the bridge.

[David Anderson]

Fair enough.

Still, what a beautiful place - the shot above put everything into perspective.